International suthority on sustainable engineering

Q&A with Brad Allenby Dr. Brad Allenby Notion of a controllable insect for surveillance Allenby and students discuss a case study about population densities Dr. Brad Allenby is Lincoln Professor

ASU named one of nation's 'greenest' universities

Arizona State University has been named one of the nation's "greenest" universities by The Princeton Review in its second annual rating of environmentally-friendly institutions. This is the second year in

ASU and the U of AR work with Walmart on developing sustainable product index

Consortium of universities will collaborate with businesses, NGOs and governmental agencies to develop global database of information on the lifecycle of products TEMPE, Ariz., FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Walmart, a world

Explosive growth of life fueled by early greening of earth

Earth’s 4.5-billion-year history is filled with several turning points when temperatures changed dramatically, asteroids bombarded the planet and life forms came and disappeared. But one of the biggest moments in

New program helps sun to SET on waste

Let’s say that your office has 300 white binders with the ASU logo on the front. They were leftover from a conference, and you’re not planning another conference for a

Sustainable Cities Network receives $60,000 grant from Sam's Club®

Partnership between ASU and city, county, and tribal leaders strengthens regional sustainability efforts. As part of Sam’s Club’s commitment to give back to the communities it serves, company executives presented

Global leader in land change science

Q&A with B. L. Turner II Turner (left) and student setting up a transect to examine deforestation in southern Yucatan. Agriculture-related deforestation Addressing sustainability of local agriculture Dr. Billie Lee

ASU Art Museum becomes catalyst for sustainability dialogue

August 27, 2009 - February 20, 2010 Surprising. Invigorating. Thought provoking. The Arizona State University Art Museum continues to present the best in contemporary art with exhibitions in all media by regional

Water webs connect spiders, residents in Southwest

If you are a cricket and it is a dry season on the San Pedro River in Arizona, on your nighttime ramblings to eat leaves, you are more likely to

Outsmarting swine flu pandemic

North American Researchers Gather at ASU to Put 21st Century Science and Technology to the Test Mathematicians, biostaticians and public health officials from Canada, Mexico and the United States will

ASU researcher is among authors of new U.S. Global Climate Change Report

Arizona State University professor Nancy Grimm is one of the authors of a new and authoritative federal study assessing the current and anticipated domestic impacts of climate change. The report,

Too hot to handle

Phoenix in the summer is hot all around. But low-income neighborhoods are even hotter than wealthy enclaves. How can this be?